Solaris is not the largest or the most expensive yacht in Russian billionaire Roman Abramovichs fleet but with a price tag of 430m it is the most.

Le grand bleu yacht roman abramovich. The 371ft Le Grand Bleu the Pelorus and the Luna both 377ft the 282ft Ecstasea the 162ft Sussurro and the 165ft Olympia. Le Grand Bleu yacht was photographed in the Firth of Forth on Wednesday afternoon. The yacht which was built in 2000 at the Bremer Vulkan yarrds in Germany in was previously owned by Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.

In 2003 she was purchased by Roman Abramovich. Le Grand Bleu is designed by Stefano Pastrovic. He is Chairman of Millhouse LLC.

The yacht was built in 2000 at the Bremer Vulkan Shipyard. The yacht has a crew of 65 and carries a veritable arsenal of tenders and watertoys both on her aft decks and in her extensive below-deck garage where there is. Roman Abramovich the self-made billionaire now worth an estimated 121 billion acquired Le Grand Bleu from commissioning owner and US businessman John McCaw in 2003 but reportedly gifted the yacht to friend and Russian oil billionaire Eugene Shvidler in 2006.

Besides changing the look and feel of the inside of Le Grand Bleu Abramovich also added a 5 meter swim platform for the enjoyment of guests. In 2005 the stake in Sibneft was sold for US 13 billion. After spending all that money and only using the yacht for around four years the Russian oligarch gave Le Grand Bleu away as a gift to his friend and business associate Eugene Shivdler in 2006.

The latter was his first foray into yacht ownership. OCEAN BLUE Roman Abramovichs yachts from Chelsea owners new 430m Solaris to the 1BILLION Eclipse. Articles on January 26 2016 March 4 and 29 2021 repeated previous reports which wrongly claimed that Roman Abramovich gave the yacht Olympia to Vladimir Putin in 2002 and lost Le Grand Bleu a different yacht he bought from Microsoft tycoon Paul Allen in a poker game to his friend Eugene Shvidler in 2006.

Millhouse previously Millhouse Capital is a holding company for the assets of Roman Abramovich Alexander Abramov and Eugene Shvidler. Previous investments included Aeroflot Sibneft and Rusal. Shvidler is the current chairman of investment and asset management company Millhouse LLC.